Bear, a gray wolf, is a very social pack animal, so living alone in a chainlink cage was practically torture for him.ALDF

“Bear … was housed by himself, which for a pack animal like a wolf really amounts to psychological suffering,” Matthew Liebman, of Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), told local news. “He was housed by himself on a concrete floor and spent most of his time just sort of lying there lethargically.”

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ALDF helped coordinate the transfer of Bear and the other animals to better homes. Bear went to the Wolf Sanctuary of Pennsylvania, a safe haven for rescued wolves like him. “[H]e can finally experience the companionship of other wolves and feel the earth beneath his paws,” ALDF said.

“The animals at Animaland were suffering, and the zoo was breaking the law,” Stephen Wells, executive director of ALDF, said in a statement. “We are happy to have helped these long-suffering animals find habitats that meet their needs as wild animals, and we are relieved that they are finally free from their cramped and dilapidated quarters at Animaland.”